jestermite
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I'll save a long story and say that not rinsing the plastic 16oz. cups after burning drainage holes in them definately caused problems in my clones by killing the roots. Rinsing them cleared it up.
Wash your plastic cups if you burn holes in them
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Kids and their fire, a pencil works great or knife and scissors.
jestermite
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straight scissors or those safety ones for retards and children? yeah i use a wood burning tool cuz it works the best. i'd love to see you cut 30 or so 1/8" holes in the bottom of a thick plastic cup with SCISSORS though. lol. maybe you could make a 'how to' video for us who haven't yet tried this incredible method?
i nip the edges in 4 places. it's pretty easy to bust thru 100 in no time. leaves little plastic clippings everywhere though.
i can take some pics if it helps.
jestermite
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@exodus - DWC
fdd is here and i am humbled
. i'm sure there are lots of ways to do it. those first two posters just pissed me off.
fdd is here and i am humbled
. i'm sure there are lots of ways to do it. those first two posters just pissed me off.Yeah i just did the Heating up a Tattoo Needle burning wholes in solo cups this morning lol but i rinsed them first i just hope it does not become a problem@exodus - DWC
fdd is here and i am humbled
jestermite
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actually id love to be able to make 100 in no time. burning is stinky and gooey and i have to do it outside.
Your best bet would be to go to amazon.com and buy the netty pots if you have time i bought a dozen for like $3 of the 3in Ones for my DWC set up 2in are like 15 cents each or something
but if you need them RIGHT NOW and cant wait like i did hhahaha then you can always get something a little more DURABLE than solo cups and Drill through a bunch at once
but if you need them RIGHT NOW and cant wait like i did hhahaha then you can always get something a little more DURABLE than solo cups and Drill through a bunch at once
naaa the OP has it all figured out, lol
jestermite
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@exodus yeah solo cups. the clear ones that are thick. struck me as funny trying to poke holes in them with scissors.
also: i have just gotten past a bout with brown algae and think that it's more likely that this is what was killing the roots on my clones. so yeah, super useful thread here. your welcome.
also: i have just gotten past a bout with brown algae and think that it's more likely that this is what was killing the roots on my clones. so yeah, super useful thread here. your welcome.
jestermite
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man i hope this thread gets to be like a hundred pages
oh my god i had the same algae problem almost lost 4 of my plants.... Take and cover your DWC bin make sure no light can get into it Scrub the shit out of the container before putting new water and your plants back in them... DO NOT USE SOAP just scrub and rinse and repeat then fill it back up clean your airstone off and your hoses out the best you can maybe some rubbing alchy and then rinse again it should be fine after that the plants will slowly develop new roots but to aid it you have to swich your lights to 18/6 or 20/4 so that the good roots can store sugars and shit. Hope this helps
jestermite
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sticky this muhfucker for sure
jestermite
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@ exodus - if it was brown algae you had or have again look into beneficial bacteria. sterilization is in my opinion, after many attempts, a waste of time in trying to beat this stuff and there really is no other option
Thanks for the advice mine has since cleared up this was about a month ago but still its good to know, It was also before i had my PH test kit and nutes too so might have just been from the well water... wich is hard to believe i live in the woods there aint shit around but good vegetation and water who knows... hahah
jestermite
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yeah i am on well water too - i switched to vending machine water last year because i finally figured out it was the source of most of my problems. my ppm is like 750 out of the tap. if you find that you have to use a rediculous amount of pH down then you probably have a problem. if you do use well water you might want to look into hard water specific nutes.